MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
TRUMP MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY ROUGH
GROUP, THE PARENT COMPANY OF
TRUTH SOCIAL, IS ASKING CONGRESS
THE STEP IN AND INVESTIGATE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.
THE COMPANY ALLEGING
POLITICIZATION IN THE DELAY OF A
MERGER WITH DIGITAL WORLD
ACQUISITION CORP.
TRUTH SOCIAL HAS BEEN TRYING TO
MERGE WITH DWAK, THE SPAC NOW
FOR OVER A YEAR, WRITING IN A
LETTER TO LAWMAKERS, QUOTE, THE
OBVIOUS BIAS OF S.E.C.
LEADERSHIP TAINTS THE AGENCY’S
ABILITY TO CONDUCT AN IMPARTIAL
INQUIRY WRITES TRUTH SOCIAL.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE CEO OF
TRUTH SOCIAL, FORMER CALIFORNIA
CONGRESSMAN, DEVIN NUNES.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
WELL, YOU DEALT WITH THE
LEADERSHIP AT THE S.E.C. WHEN
THEY WERE IN DIFFERENT JOBS,
RIGHT, WHEN YOU WERE PROBING THE
INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIA
COLLUSION.
SO YOU’VE GOT A BACKGROUND WITH
SOME OF THESE FOLKS.
TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH, LOOK, WE DO.
AND BUT I WANTED TO GIVE
EVERYBODY THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT.
WE’VE WALKED THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
WE’RE A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY
AS YOU SAID.
WE’RE GOING THROUGH A TYPICAL
MERGER PROCESS BASICALLY A
FINANCING COMPANY, A FINANCE L
MECHANISM.
TYPICALLY THESE DEALS GET DONE
BETWEEN 90 TO 120 DAYS.
WE’RE GOING ON NOW ALMOST A YEAR
AND WE’VE HEARD ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING.
AND SO I THINK WHAT’S GOING ON
HERE IS THE S.E.C. IS SIMPLY
JUST TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK
SO THAT THE LIFETIME OF THE
SPAC, OF THE FINANCE COMPANY, IT
ENDS IN SEPTEMBER AND IT
DISSOLVES.
THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON HERE.
YOU ASKED ME -- LOOK, THE HEAD
OF THE S.E.C. IS SOMEONE WHO WAS
HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA
HOAX.
HE WAS THE GUY WHO HELPED TO
FINANCE THE RUSSIA HOAX, THE
TREASURER OF THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2016.
WE INVESTIGATED ALL OF THIS
IN ’17 AND ’18 AND WE FOUND OUT
THAT HE WAS THE GUY WHO MADE THE
PAYMENTS TO A LAW FIRM WHO THEN
MOVED IT OFF TO FUSION GPS, I
THINK ALL OF YOUR VIEWERS KNOW
THAT STORY.
NOW, LOOK, HOW CAN A GUY WHO I
INVESTIGATED WHO CLEARLY FUNDED
A DOSSIER TO TARGET DONALD
TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP OWNS TRUTH SOCIAL
AS I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW.
HOW CAN THAT GUY BE IN CHARGE OF
THIS?
BUT LOOK, JUST TO GO DEEPER, IF
YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW DEEP THIS
GETS, IT HAPPENS THAT PETER
STRZOK WHO WE ALSO INVESTIGATED
WHO WAS THE FBI MAN IN CHARGE
WHO ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED THE
RUSSIA HOAX AND HELPED TO CREATE
THE RUSSIA HOAX IN MANY WAYS AND
WAS ULTIMATELY FIRED FROM THE
FBI, HIS WIFE ALSO IS ONE OF THE
TOP PEOPLE AT THE S.E.C.
NOW, LOOK, WE’VE ASKED SIMPLE
QUESTIONS.
WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE INVOLVED?
HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY BE
UNBIASED AT THE S.E.C. IF
THEY’RE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HAD
UNDER INVESTIGATION OR RELATED
TO PEOPLE.
IN ANY NORMAL WORLD YOU WOULD HE
RECUSE FROM THIS, ANY LAWYER
INVOLVED.
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO RECUSE
THEMSELVES IN TYPICAL BUSINESS
DEALS.
WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO IS
THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE ONE OF
THE FASTEST GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES IN HISTORY THAT WE SET
OUT A YEAR AGO TO BUILD A
COMPANY THAT DIDN’T RELY ON ANY
BIG TECH COMPANIES AND WE’VE
DONE IT, AS YOU WELL KNOW WITH
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RUMBLE.
SO HERE WE ARE DOING THIS JUST
ON STARTUP CAPITAL AND WE CAN’T
HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL
MARKETS LIKE ANY OTHER COMPANY
CAN?
I THINK IT’S REALLY, REALLY
CORRUPT AND I THINK THE MORE
TIME THAT GOES BY I THINK THE
CONGRESS AS THEY BEGIN TO LOOK
INTO THIS IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT
JUST HOW DEEP THIS IS.
MARIA: YOU SENT A LETTER TO
CONGRESSMAN McHENRY, COMER AND
JORDAN, THE HEADS OF THE
COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE
MAJORITY, YOU SAY I WRITE TO
REQUEST YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE
IN INVESTIGATING EGREGIOUS
CONDUCT AND BLATANT
POLITICIZATION OF THE S.E.C. IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNED
MERGER BETWEEN DIGITAL WORLD
ACQUISITION AND TRUMP MEDIA AND
TECHNOLOGY GROUP.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THIS
POLITICIZATION ON YOUR COMPANY?
I YOU MEAN, YOU SAY YOU’RE
WORKING NOW WITH STARTUP
CAPITAL.
TELL ME WHAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
DOING OR CANNOT DO BECAUSE OF
WHAT YOU’RE ALLEGING HERE.
>> WELL, RIGHT.
LIKE WHEN WE PUT THEY THIS WHOLE
COMPANY TOGETHER, YOU GO OUT
LIKE ALL COMPANIES DO DO.
YOU HAVE STARTUP MONEY YOU PUT
INTO.
WE’RE A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY
TRYING TO GO PUBLIC AND HOW MANY
TIMES -- WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS
COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE
ABOUT HOW THE BIG TECH COMPANIES
WERE CENSORING PEOPLE AND NOT
TREATING PEOPLE FAIRLY, HOW MANY
TIMES DID WE WHAT HEAR PEOPLE ON
THE LEFT THAT WOULD SAY, MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS SAY OH, WELL YOU
GUYS ARE REPUBLICANS, YOU GUYS
ARE BUSINESS GUYS, WHY DON’T YOU
GO CREATE YOUR OWN COMPANY.
YOU CAN CREATE YOUR ON FACEBOOK
IF YOU WANT TO.
WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE
DID.
AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO REMIND
PEOPLE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
DIDN’T NEED A NEW COMPANY.
I DIDN’T NEED A NEW JOB.
WE SET OUT TO GO BUILD THIS
BECAUSE THE REST OF THE
COMPANIES WERE CENSORING
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
AND WE SUCCESSFULLY HAVE BUILT
THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE’RE
SUCCESSFULLY GROWING.
BUT NOW FOR US TO TRULY --
NOBODY CAN REALLY THINK WHAT
THAT A SMALL COMPANY LIKE OURS,
I MEAN, YES, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE THAT USE THE PLATFORM BUT
HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO COMPETE
AGAINST SOMEBODY LIKE, SAY, AN
AMAZON, OR A FACEBOOK WHO HAVE
ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETS, WHO
ARE WORTH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THESE COMPANIES ARE BIGGER THAN
MOST GLOBAL EMPIRES.
ALL WE’RE DOING IS WE’RE GOING
OUT, STARTING A SMALL COMPANY,
CREATING A VERY SUCCESSFUL
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND THEN
JUST TRYING TO GO PUBLIC LIKE
EVERY OTHER COMPANY HAS DONE IN
THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PAST 100
AND SOME YEARS.
AND THEY’RE NOT ALLOWING US TO
DO IT.
AND I THINK THIS IS -- THIS IS
JUST -- IT’S A REALLY GOOD
EXAMPLE OF HOW CORRUPT THIS CITY
HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS
BECOME.
EVERY SINGLE AGENCY HAS BEEN
CORRUPTED HERE.
MARIA: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
AND BEFORE YOU GO INTO THAT,
HAVE YOU HEARD BACK FROM JIM
JORDAN OR JAMES COMER ON ANY OF
THIS?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, WE’VE
BEEN BRIEFING THEM.
I WAS HERE IN WASHINGTON FOR THE
LAST COUPLE DAYS AND I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS, PEOPLE THAT I WORK
WITH ARE LIKE WHAT’S THE HOLDUP,
WHAT’S GOING ON.
I SAID HELL, I DON’T KNOW.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WON’T
RESPOND TO US.
THAT’S HOW CORRUPT IT YOU IS.
IT’S NOT LIKE WE -- MARIA, IF
YOU OR ANYBODY ON YOUR PANEL
STARTED A COMPANY AND YOU FILE
ALL APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION,
YOU WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE A
YEAR LATER.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> WITH NO ANSWERS.
MARIA: I MEAN, LOOK, YOU POINT
OUT THE HISTORY.
YOU WERE REALLY TOUGH DURING THE
RUSSIA COLLUSION LIE.
YOU CAME OUT WITH TRUTH AND YOU
REPORTED IT AND YOU CAME OUT
WITH YOUR NUNES MEMO TO INDICATE
THIS WAS A LIE A MADE UP BY THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN, THE FBI
PURSUED IT EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW
BETTER AND IT WENT VIRAL.
NOW YOU’RE TELLING US THAT THE
S.E.C. CHAIRMAN WAS ACTUALLY
PART OF THAT.
>> RIGHT.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
I P MEAN, YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS
UP.
I MEAN, A GUY THAT WE HAD UNDER
INVESTIGATION THEY THAT THAT WE
CLEARLY HE’S THE GUY THAT HELPED
TO LAUNDER ALL THIS MONEY
THROUGH A LAW FIRM TO PAY FOR
THE DOCUMENTATION, THE STEELE
DOSSIER, AND HOW IS THIS GUY YOU
NOT RECUSED?
THAT’S THE POINT THAT WE’RE
MAKING HERE.
THERE’S SEVERAL PEOPLE.
HOW DID ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA
HOAX, WHO LIED TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FOR SO LONG ARE NOW IN
CHARGE OF THE S.E.C. DECIDING
BASICALLY WHO COULD BECOME
PUBLIC AND WHO CANNOT?
I THINK IT’S HARD FOR MY FORM R
COLLEAGUES TO NOT SEE WHAT’S
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THAT
IS THAT THESE GUYS ARE
POLITICALLY BIASED, OUT TO GET
TRUMP, OUT TO GET US.
MARIA: AND THE PEOPLE WHO
ABUSED POWER IN 2016 ARE NOW
BACK IN POWER.
JAKE SULLIVAN, FOR EXAMPLE, PUT
OUT ONE OF THE FIRST TWEETS OF
THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN
THAT TRUMP COLLUDED.
BRET BAIER SAT DOWN WITH FBI
DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY LAST
NIGHT, ASKED ABOUT THE AGENCY’S
OBJECTIVITY, CREDIBILITY, WHEN
IT COMES TO QUESTIONS OVER THE
BIDEN LAPTOP.
WATCH THIS.
>> I HEAR THESE CLAIMS OF
POLITICIZATION BUT I CAN TELL
YOU THAT THE FBI IS AND IS GOING
TO STAY INDEPENDENT AND THAT
MEANS FOLLOWING THE FACTS
WHEREVER THEY LEAD NO MATTER WHO
LIKES IT.
MARIA: DEVIN, YOUR REACTION TO
CHRIS WRAY?
>> LOOK, I DON’T KNOW, MAN.
MARIA, I DON’T KNOW WHAT PLANET
THAT’STHAT GUY’S LIVING ON.
YOU HAVE HALF OF AMERICA WHO
KNOWS DAMN WELL THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
COMPLETELY CORRUPTED TO THE
CORE.
THEY’RE FIGHTING OVER BUILDING
THIS BRAND-NEW FBI BUILDING
SOMEWHERE IN THE WASHINGTON,
D.C. REGION.
AND THE QUESTION IS NOT LIKE
WELL, WHY THE HELL WOULD WE ADD
MORE BUREAU T CRATES HERE, MORE
LEFT WINGERS, MORE MEME THAT
WILL BE CORRUPT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH HERE.
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND ARE
FIGHTING OVER WHO IS GOING TO
GET THE NEW BUILDING.
I MEAN, THAT’S HOW CRAZY THIS
IS.
I WAS TALKING TO A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT WHO WERE
LIKE HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT
WHERE NOW YOU HAVE AN FBI THAT
IS INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA HOAX,
YOU HAVE AN FBI WHO WAS --
MISSED NUMEROUS THREATS.
YOU HAVE AN FBI THAT IS TREATING
WHETHER IT’S THE JANUARY 6th
PRISONERS VERSUS LET’S SAY A
PETER NAVARRO OR STEVE BANNON,
IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. YOU HAVE BEEN
HORRIBLY MISTREATED BY HE THE
FBI AND THAT DOESN’T BEGIN TO
TALK ABOUT YOU RAIDED A FORMER
PRESIDENT’S HOME AT MAR-A-LAGO
ON NOTHING.
MARIA: WELL --
>> AND HAVE YOU TO SAY YOU’RE
NOT POLITICIZED AND THEN THE
BIGGEST ONE OF ALL, HOW ABOUT
THE HANDGUN HANDGUN HUNTER BIDEN
MARIA: SINCE OCTOBER 19th
THEY HAD IT.
SPEAKING OF THE GROUP YOU
MENTIONED.
THERE’S A NEW EMERSON COLLEGE
POLL OUT THAT FINDS FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP BEATING NON A
HYPOTHETICAL 2024 MATCHUP.
THE NUMBERS SHOW FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DE SANTIS AND A
FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
NIKKI HALEY WOULD LOSE TO BIDEN,
DEVIN.
YOUR HOUSE?
THOUGHTS?
IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
TRUMP, BIDEN ELECTION.
>> I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT BIDEN’S GOING TO RUN.
I DON’T KNOW.
THEY DON’T HAVE ANYBODY TO TAKE
HIS PLACE.
I KNOW THIS WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
THIS IS THE CHALLENGE I THINK
EVERYBODY HAS WITH HIM.
I WORKED WITH HIM NOW.
THE GUY WORKS ALL THE TIME.
HE WORKS LATE INTO THE NIGHT,
GETS UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HE’S ALWAYS OUT THERE DOING
THINGS AND LOOK, FOR THE OTHER
REPUBLICANS THAT -- MANY OF THEM
WHO I KNOW, WHO I LIKE, BUT THEY
HAVE THIS CHALLENGE OF WHO IS
GOING TO GO INTO THE RUST BELT
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ONE THING PRESIDENT TRUMP REALLY
BELIEVES TO HIS CORE, HE DOESN’T
LIKE ALL THESE FACTORIES THAT
HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN IN THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
THAT’S WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GO OUT
AND TURN OUT THE VOTES LIKE
NEVER BEFORE AND WIN STATES LIKE
MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA AND
OHIO AND WISCONSIN.
AND A I THINK THAT’S A
CHALLENGE, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
RUN, THEY NEED TO SHOW HOW WILL
YOU GET THE VOTES AND BEAT
WHOEVER THE DEMOCRAT IS.
MARIA: WE’LL LEAVE IT THERE.
IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE’LL BE WATCHING YOUR PLIGHT